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Specifications:
Displacement 945 t.(fl)
Length 184' 6"
Beam 33'
Draft 9' 9"
Speed 14.8 kts.
Complement 104.
Armament: One 3"/50 cal. dual purpose mount and one twin 40mm gun mount, six single 20mm gun mounts, one depth charge thrower (hedgehogs), four depth charge projectiles (K-guns), two depth charge tracks.
Propulsion: Two 1,710shp Cooper Bessemer GSB-8 diesel engines, National Supply Co. single reduction gear, two shafts.
Jubilant (AM-255) was lunched 20 February 1943 by American Shipbuilding Co., Lorain, Ohio; sponsored by Mrs. C. D. Bishop; and commissioned 27 August, Lt. (j.g.) W. P. Sprunt in command.
Jubilant departed
She arrived at Trinidad British West Indies 12 March and departed the next day as escort for a convoy bound for
DANFS DICTIONARY OF AMERICAN NAVAL FIGHTING SHIPS